additional marriages are the result of an increased incentive of men to marry. -- joint custody ; marriage ; divorce ; family law … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …

additional marriages are the result of an increased incentive of men to marry. -- Joint custody ; marriage ; divorce ; family law … of these custody law reforms on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different … data suggest that the introduction of joint custody led to a long-run increase in marriage rates. There is no convincing …

) relative to men who remain with male children. -- child gender ; fatherhood ; labor supply ; family …-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters -- a first son increases fathers' work hours by …We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in …

-invariant unobservables that affect both family and work outcomes. Child gender also matters - a first son increases fathers' work hours by …We find a strong association between family status and labor market outcomes for recent cohorts of West German men in … supply model reveals that men who remain with female children are strongly positively selected (in terms of their work hours …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non …-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common … unobserved determinants of family structure and educational performance. But once endogeneity is accounted for, whether by using …

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and … experiment to study the effect of sex ratios on the children and grandchildren of immigrants. The flow of immigrants affected the … second generation marriage market because second generation marriages were mostly endogamous, i.e., to members of the same …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …

find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first year of marriage, increases the likelihood of a future separation …